This easy recipe for chicken macaroni soup with tomatoes adds a little ham, cheese and herbs for a lunchtime favorite that is brimming with flavor!
Okay, I promise this is the last soup recipe for a while. The even better news is, I saved my favorite soup recipe for last.
I have had this recipe longer than I have had my dog, my house, my teenager, and almost everything else except for my Southern husband.
Yep, he’s the only thing older than this soup, but you’d never know it to look at him. It probably has something to do with the fact that the man cannot sit still.
Here’s a picture of him from one of our vacations up in Vermont.
That’s him. Reading. While walking around. It’s one of the many mysterious things that makes me crazy about the guy. Among other things, it DOES keep him in tip-top shape. But I digress!
This chicken macaroni soup is the perfect quick, hearty and still good for you soup-for-supper dish. It’s also great for a crowd, especially if you serve up some nice crusty bread on the side.
This easy recipe for chicken macaroni soup with tomatoes adds a little ham, cheese and herbs for a lunchtime favorite that is brimming with flavor! Make sure you get good chicken broth to make it with (I like the Imagine and Pacific brands, which come in a box, not a can). It calls for elbow macaroni, but it also works equally well with any short pasta you have hanging around. I frequently take this soup as a chance to finally empty out all those pasta boxes with teeny amounts of pasta still lurking in the bottom of them.
This concludes Soup Week on Framed Cooks. I’ll be back to my naughty bacon ways next week!
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Chicken Macaroni Soup with Tomatoes
Prep Time: 10 minutes- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Lunch
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
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This easy recipe for chicken macaroni soup with tomatoes adds a little ham, cheese and herbs for a lunchtime favorite that is brimming with flavor!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 4 ounces cooked ham, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 5 cups chicken broth (I like Imagine and Pacific brands)
- 1 cup white wine
- 3 large boneless chicken breast halves
- 1 cup drained chopped canned tomatoes
- 8 large pieces oil-packed sun dried tomatoes
- 1 cup elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Heat oil in large heavy pot over medium heat. Add garlic, basil and thyme and saute until fragrant, about one minute. Mix in ham and tomato paste. Add chicken broth and wine and bring to a simmer.
- Add chicken, cover pot and simmer until chicken is just cooked through, about 15 minutes.
- Use tongs to remove chicken to plate and let cool. Add chopped and sundried tomatoes to pot and simmer 5 minutes.
- Shred chicken into bite sized pieces and return to pot. Stir in cooked macaroni and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Ladle soup into bowls. Garnish with parsley and cheese and serve.
Sigh it's so sad soup week had to end. I really loved it. At least it went out with a bang!
That soup looks so good! I really like the use of the sun dried tomatoes which would add a ton of flavour!
Oh this sounds and looks so good…! Going to make it for dinner tonight..! Perfect Midwest Winter meal..!
I'll miss soup week! This recipe reminds me of a chicken goulash or something. Looks delish!
Excellent post! I will be making this this weekend..thanks
I promise to repeat Soup Week sometime in the future…meantime, I know you all will love this one! :)
This looks delicious! It reminds me of a a soup I used to love as a kid in the Philippines, also with macaroni and chicken, but with sausage or hotdogs instead of ham, plus some milk/cream :)
This was fantastic. My kids loved it. Thanks.
How can it be your last soup recipe when winter hasn't even begun?!
This is very nearly minestrone! It sounds and looks sooo good. I just got a bunch of sun-dried tomatoes with a bunch of flavor, and this recipe is the perfect place to give them a try. Excellent timing. ;)
I'm making this for dinner tonight – wondering if I can freeze some to keep for later? Thanks for the great recipe as always.
You can definitely freeze it! And don't worry, it's not my last soup recipe…soup will be back! :)
Sounds amazing…can I make this in the crock pot?
Many thanks!!
Love your blog…my family has loved everything.
-kel
You know, I’ve never tried that but I bet you could, if you add the already macaroni at the end so it doesn’t get too mushy. If you try it that way can you let me know how it comes out? :)